Maurizio Landini was reelected to office during the congress
Italian Maurizio Landini was re-elected on Saturday (18) as secretary of the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL), Italy’s largest union, and said a general strike could be called to protest the prime minister’s government policies Giorgia Meloni. .
“There is a very profound, very big difference with the government”, declared Landini at the end of the CGIL congress, after obtaining 94.2% of the votes to be re-elected for another four-year term.
According to him, “there is no possibility of confrontation for the entire Italian trade union movement” and, therefore, “it is necessary to start the mobilization, without discarded tools, including the strike, if necessary”.
Landini also explained that the CGIL wants to take action with the other two major Italian trade unions, Cisl and Uil, and a meeting has been scheduled with them for next week.
Unions have opposed government plans to reform the country’s tax system, which includes cutting the country’s income tax brackets from four to three, as part of a drive to bring a single tax to all workers by the end of the legislature.
Unions and opposition parties have argued that it is not fair for people with high and low incomes to pay the same tax rates.
“We want to change this country more than the government and political parties. We tell Cisl and Uil that we want to do it together with you and the workers. They won’t stop us.
We will win the battle. What are we afraid of? What do we have to lose? “The pensions that we don’t have? The temporary job? The salaries that last until the end of the month?” She pointed out.
Last Friday (17), Meloni was booed during her participation in the trade union congress, but she reiterated her opposition to the introduction of the minimum wage and maintained her decision to suspend the minimum income for the unemployed. .
Source: Terra

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